Joanie's Take: The Inside Scoop on America's Next Top Model

Model and America’s Next Top Model alum (cycle 6) Joanie Dodds gives her take on the season finale and its winner. (Psssst: It’s Caridee.)

This season has been great. Not as fabulous as my season last year, ha ha… but very exciting. Just thinking back through everything they have done – Spain, imitation sky diving, fabulous challenges, circus shoots, scary faces, crazy bitches, divas, Dennis Quaid and Fabio! Ew… Fabio. The top three have been decided! CariDee, Melrose and Eugena. These girls are wonderful, with great photos and fabulous attitudes, good or not.

The final three go on to shoot the ever-famous CoverGirl commercial and photoshoot for their Outlast Double Lip Shine. The girls all do relatively well. Caridee let that attitude shine! Melrose is such a perfectionist, and never lets it show that she is not a natural. After deliberating on both the commercials and shoots, Eugena was sent home for her uncertainty in the competition.

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Down to the final two, and it’s the Battle of the Blondes. I’m personally feeling this, because I’m blonde and I wanted to win to represent all of us! Melrose and CariDee go to a shoot for Seventeen Magazine without Jay Manuel to direct. Watching them work in a real editorial shoot was great. I can’t wait to see the pictures!

The final runway show was unbelievable – so theatrical with the ghostly bride theme and the staredown moment. I haven’t really seen these girls walk that much, were they even going to be good?? I love the ghostly bride thing, but I think I’m going to have nightmares. It reminded me too much of Interview with a Vampire. CariDee wasn’t that great! She looked like she was just strolling down the street! Work it girl! I thought Melrose was actually better on the runway.

Jay Manuel was on panel for the final judging, and even though this never happens, I thought it was a great idea. The comparison of the photos was tough to watch. These girls were so hard to put up against each other because they both had so many strong points. But the answer seemed so obvious. Remember, ANTM has to be a role model, as well as a great photo and runway model. Who wants to work with a perfectionist or a brat?

And the winner is……….. Caridee!! I’m so happy for her! Finally a blonde wins the competition, that girl better work it for all of us!

wow they kinda look alike. i love them both. i was kinda suprised joanie dint win. she has more potential than danielle. and i am hella happy that melrose lost. i love caridee.

Stacy Adams
on May 15th, 2007

EVEYONE IS SO UPSET MELROSE LOST! YES SHE WON LOTS OF CHALLENGES BUT HELLO PEOPLE THIS IS THE MODELING WORLD! MELROSE LOOKS OLD AND IS ONLY GOING TO KEEP AGING! PEOPLE LIKE FRESH YOUNG LOOKS NOT AN OLD HAG. AND YES I SAID HAG BECAUSE SHE WAS SO MEAN AND WHEN SHE DIDNT WIN COULD NOT DEAL! THIS ISNT A MODEL ATTITUDE.ITS AN IM BETTER OR IF NOT OM GONNA WHINE!

SHE LOOKED AT LEAST 30! EVEN THE JUDGES SAID IT! SHES TOO OLD IN THE FACE!